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Background. We describe a 4-month-old infant with a ruptured intrathoracic lipoblastoma arising from the parietal pleura and associated with a pleural effusion.¶Objective. The clinical presentation was rapidly evolving respiratory distress. The chest radiograph showed a large mass and a pleural effusion in the right thoracic cavity. CT demonstrated an inhomogeneous low-attenuation mass which was 7 cm in diameter and which showed areas of enhancement after intravenous contrast medium. MRI showed a fatty intrathoracic mass with intratumoral streaks and whorls, which were attributed to loose fibrovascular connective tissue on pathological examination.¶Results. Thoracotomy and pathological examination revealed a ruptured intrathoracic lipoblastoma arising from the parietal pleura.¶Conclusion. The pleural effusion might have suggested rupture of the tumour.
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Received: 20 May 1999/Accepted: 7 July 1999
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Park, C., Kim, KI., Lim, Y. et al. Ruptured giant intrathoracic lipoblastoma in a 4-month-old infant: CT and MR findings. Pediatric Radiology 30, 38–40 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050011
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